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United States Secret Service agents on Oval Office and Work assessment

Friday, February 23, 1973 · 2:36 PM–9:50 PM ET · Oval Office · 26 sec

ParticipantsUnited States Secret Service agentsConversation863-002 on Tape 863StartFriday, February 23, 1973 at 2:36 PMEndSaturday, February 24, 1973 at 9:50 PMRecording deviceOval OfficeSourceNixon Library record for 863-002 ↗

A 26-second recording. What it contains is described by the archivists' log below; no AI summary is shown for recordings this short.

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NARA Description

United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 863-002 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 863-2

Date: Unknown between February 23 and 24, 1973
Time: Unknown between 2:36 pm, Feb. 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm, Feb. 24, 1973
Location: Oval Office

An unknown person [Executive Protective Service (EPS)?] talked with an unknown man.

       Assessment of work [?]

An unknown person talked with an unknown man at an unknown time between 2:36 pm, Feb.
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                    NIXON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM

                                                            Conversation No. 863-2 (cont’d)

23, and 9:50 pm, Feb 24, 1973.

[Conversation No. 863-2A]

       Unknown person’s location [?]

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He says all the time.

Also recorded on February 23, 1973

  • 862-021 2:30 PM · 15 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:36 pm.
  • 862-022 2:30 PM · 20 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 2:30 pm and 2:36 pm.
  • 413-001 2:36 PM · 10 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles B. ("Bud") Wilkinson met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 2:36 pm to 2:48 pm.
  • 862-024 2:36 PM · 39 sec — Unknown person(s) met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
  • 863-001 2:36 PM · 6 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 9:50 pm on February 24, 1973.
  • 863-003 2:36 PM · 29 min — United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House on an unknown date, sometime between 2:36 pm on February 23, 1973 and 8:58 am on February 26, 1973.
  • 413-002 2:48 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.
  • 413-003 2:48 PM · 56 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and unknown person(s) met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 2:48 pm and 3:02 pm.

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Cite this conversation

Conversation 863-002, February 23, 1973. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/863-002 (accessed November 15, 2026).